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Meerea Park is owned by Rhys and Garth Eather and we handcraft our wines using fruit grown on some of the Hunter Valley's oldest and best vineyard sites.

We are Hunter Valley "terroirists"; specializing in individual vineyard Semillon and Shiraz, sourced from unique vineyard sites, each being quite different, the wines expressing clearly where they are from.

We seek out the oldest vineyards on the best soils that we can for our Shiraz and Semillon that have a track record for producing the best possible fruit in both good and not so good vintages.

Winemaker, Rhys Eather is a Roseworthy (Adelaide University) graduate in Wine Science and has gained international winemaking experience in France and Italy. Spending the 1998 vintage at M. Chapoutier in the Rhone Valley gave Rhys the experience and insight required to craft top quality Rhone styled wines, which he openly admits as to having a great passion for. Rhys has also completed two vintages in Italy (Puglia and Piedmonte) rounding out his international winemaking experience.

Meerea Park, while taking a modern approach to winemaking, can trace our winemaking roots in the Hunter Valley back to the 1850's when Alexander Munro, our great-great-grandfather established the 'Bebeah' vineyard at Singleton and was at one stage the largest and most successful winemaker in New South Wales. During his winemaking career he amassed over 2000 awards at wine shows around the world.

All of our labels bear the image of an ornate drinking fountain and gas street lamp that Alexander Munro commissioned, had made in Scotland and then shipped to Singleton in the Hunter Valley. When he retired as Singleton's first mayor he gave it to the municipality where it was erected in George Street adjacent the Caledonian Hotel which he owned.

Meerea Park has established a reputation over the last decade as one of the leading wine producers in the Hunter Valley winning at least one Gold medal at every Hunter Valley wine show since 2002, a feat only enjoyed by a handful of Hunter Valley producers. 

We have also enjoyed consistent wine show success at  national and international level and received a multitude of  accolades emphasizing high quality and exceptional value for money for our range of wines.

Latest News

2011 Clear Image Hunter Valley Wine Show

20 Aug 2011

2006 'Terracotta' Semillon - Gold - Class 15
2006 'Alexander Munro' Semillon - Gold - Class 32
2005 'Alexander Munro' Semillon - Gold - Class 32
2005 'Terracotta' Semillon - Silver - Class 27
2007 'Alexander Munro' Semillon - Silver - Class 15
2009 'Alexander Munro' Semillon - Silver - Class 32
2003 'Alexander Munro' Shiraz - Bronze - Class 21
2007 'Terracotta' Semillon - Bronze - Class 27
2009 'Alexander Munro' Shiraz - Bronze - Class 31

2012 Wine Companion

27 Jul 2011

Meerea Park has also been elevated to the winery rating of a Red name which is the top 3.8% of Australian wineries.

To quote James Halliday: “Where the winery name is itself is printed in red, it is a winery generally acknowledged to have a long track record of excellence – truly the best of the best.”

2006 Alexander Munro Semillon 

Rating: 96
 
2009 Alexander Munro Shiraz 

Rating: 95
 
2009 Terracotta Shiraz 

Rating: 95
 
2006 Terracotta Semillon 

Rating: 95
 
2009 Hell Hole Shiraz 

Rating: 94
 
2009 The Aunts Shiraz 

Rating: 94

2010 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

Rating: 93
 
2009 XYZ Shiraz 

Rating: 91

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Latest Releases

2006 'Terracotta' Semillon

2009 'Hell Hole' Shiraz

2003 'Alexander Munro' Shiraz - Aged Release

2011 'Alexander Munro' Chardonnay

2010 'Hell Hole' Semillon

2010 Shiraz

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Latest Reviews

"What a cracker Hunter red this is! Deep purple in the glass, it beguiles with scents of berry pastille and bouquet garni. Big, intense Satsuma plum flavour glides onto the front of the palate, and cassis, dark chocolate and peppermint fruit characters meld with savoury oak on the middle palate. Earthy tannins show at the finish."

John Lewis - Newcastle Herald - 17th December 2011

2003 'Alexander Munro' Shiraz - Aged Release


"A great semi-mature, traditional Hunter semillon from Rhys Eather, a top winemaker. Bright mid-yellow; multi-faceted bouquet of honey, lemon, candle wax and browned toast. It's very intense and alive, lean and long with penetrating flavour and a clean aftertaste. Now to seven years. 11 per cent alcohol." 95 / 100.

Huon Hooke - SMH Good Living - 6th December 2011

2006 'Alexander Munro' Semillon


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